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God knows how it turns out: on three constructions including Bog ‘God’, čert ‘devil’ and some taboo words in the Russian language over the last three centuries

Jazykovedny Casopis. 2023. Vol. 74. No. 1. P. 19–31.
Budennaya E., Litvintseva K., Yakovleva A.

The constructions with the anchor [Noun-Nom Verb (meaning ‘to know’)] are very productive in Russian. In this article we show that variables such as Bog ‘God’, čert ‘devil’ and xer/xren ‘X/horseradish’ have some common patterns, as well as some shifts with exclusive patterns in semantics and constructionalization.

Research target: Philology and Linguistics
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Keywords: русский языкRussian languageдиахронияdiachronylinguistic semanticsлингвистическая семантикаlexical constructionязыковая конструкцияДискурсивные формулыdiscourse formulae
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